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THE ART GALLERY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA

AGWA SCHOOLS PROGRAM 2013investigate, create, educate

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Exhibitions at AGWA

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Underwood and Underwood American, active 1880-1934 | Above Fifth Avenue, Looking North, 1905 | Gelatin silver print | 24.2 x 18.6 cm | The Museum of Modern Art, New York. The New York Times Collection

Take your students on a journey to discover the deeply symbiotic relationship between photography and the ‘city that never sleeps’ – New York.

Depicting the iconic New York that captivates the world’s imagination and the idiosyncratic details that define New Yorkers’ sense of home, this exhibition from MoMA’s extraordinary photography collection celebrates the city in all its vitality, ambition and beauty. The exhibition features over 140 works made by approximately 90 artists responding to the city, as well as professionals on assignment,

including Henri Cartier-Bresson, Walker Evans, Lewis Hine, Helen Levitt, Cindy Sherman, Alfred Stieglitz, and Weegee. Both an exploration of the life of the city and a documentation of photography’s evolution throughout the twentieth century, Picturing New York celebrates the great and continuing tradition of capturing the grit and glamour of one of the world’s greatest urban centres.

This exhibition is a must-see for all photography and visual arts students, as well as those interested in a pictorial history of the development of New York.

Online Teacher Resources: Education resource kit containing exhibition information and photography activities for the classroom linking with exhibition, for Years 4-12.

Downloadable (in PDF format) exhibition worksheets for primary and secondary classes designed to be used in the exhibition. Go to momaseries.com.au

See page 10 for details regarding our special Teacher Preview Evenings for this exhibition.

Picturing New York Photographs from The Museum of Modern Art1 February – 12 May, 2013

Suitable for year groups: 4-12Curriculum links: Media, Visual Arts, History, Society and Environment, DesignFree guided tours availableCatalogue available prior to exhibition

CostStudents: $7Adults: $19Teachers: K-3, 1 adult per 5 students free; 4-12, 1 adult per 10 students free

Special offerBook your secondary students in to Picturing New York in March, April, May or June and enjoy a State Art Collection Visual Analysis Workshop with an Educator for the discounted price of $5.60 per student (incl. GST). Add extra value to your visit by seeing Year 12 Perspectives 2012 at the same time.

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Charlie Hutton Scotch College | Veracity, 2012 | oil on canvas | 76 x 102 cm

Year 12 Perspectives annually showcases the finest and most exciting work from graduating Year 12 students from all over WA, and is one of the most popular events on the Gallery’s calendar. With a diverse range of technically excellent artworks dealing with political, social and personal themes, this exhibition represents a great opportunity to glimpse the world through the eyes of our young people. Year 12 Perspectives is sure to inspire your students who will relate to the ideas and themes presented by members of their own generation.

Year 12 Perspectives 20122 March – 30 June, 2013

Suitable for year groups: 4-12

Curriculum links: Visual Arts, Design, Media

Artworks available to view online during exhibition. Go to AGWA’s website for details artgallery.wa.gov.au

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Exhibitions at AGWA

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Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973) | Violin and Grapes, spring-summer 1912 | Oil on canvas | 61 x 50.8 cm | The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Mrs. David M. Levy Bequest © 2012 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Let your students discover how some of the big names in modern art have presented new takes on traditional subjects.

This exhibition from The Museum of Modern Art, New York traces how modern artists have reinvented landscape, still life and portrait from 1889 to today.  Over 100 paintings, sculptures, drawings, photographs, prints and media works offer innovative interpretations of traditional subjects and reflect dynamic changes in artistic attitudes towards individuals, objects, and spaces.  From Frida Kahlo’s confident self-portrait to Gerhard Richter’s blurred likeness; from Paul Cézanne’s iconic table top still life to

Jeff Koons’ shiny commodities; from Vincent van Gogh’s roiling olive trees to Richard Long’s land art: the artists in Van Gogh to Richter break from tradition, inventing radical new forms that transformed the art of the twentieth century.

Online Teacher ResourcesTeacher resources will be available for this exhibition. Go to momaseries.com.au for details, closer to the exhibition.

See page 10 for details regarding our special Teacher Preview Evenings feature for this exhibition.

Van Gogh to Richter (Working title)

22 June - 2 December, 2013

Suitable for year groups: K-12Curriculum links: Visual Arts, HistoryGuided tours and Art Workshops available Conditions applyCatalogue available prior to exhibition

CostStudents: $7Adults: $19Teachers: K-3, 1 adult per 5 students free; 4-12, 1 adult per 10 students free

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Exhibitions at AGWA

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Jenni Kemarre Martinello | Medium flax eel trap 2012 (detail) | glass | 48.0 x 30.4 cm | State Art Collection, Art Gallery of Western Australia | Purchased through The Leah Jane Cohen Bequest, Art Gallery of Western Australia Foundation, 2012

Engage your students with a visit to this special exhibition of Indigenous artists’ works from the State Art Collection.

Many of the Indigenous artists’ works in the State Art Collection deal with found objects and introduced and relatively new technologies. A substantial number of works, however, remain directly linked to traditional practices, through style, materials or medium.  At the nexus of this space is a contested area of Indigenous arts practice that is surveyed in Made to Remember.

Made to Remember scrutinises these practices, and examines the complexity of relationships between utilitarian objects of work (such as

baskets), objects made purely for pleasure and aesthetic satisfaction, and objects designed to aid in worship or to fulfil ritual obligation (such as Pukamani poles). Contemporary objects made from found materials, designed for political or historical purposes; and objects ‘du jour’, made en masse according to the desires of the market, have stimulated new dialogue, posing challenging questions regarding the use of Indigenous-made objects. Your students will be challenged and inspired by this display from the State Art Collection.

Collection in Focus - Made to Remember24 November 2012 – 30 June 2013

Suitable for year groups: K-12Curriculum links: Media, Visual Arts, Society and EnvironmentFree guided tours availableCatalogue available prior to exhibition

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Exhibitions at AGWA

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Gunybi Ganambarr | Milngurr, 2011 | Ochre, earth pigment and acrylic binder on rubber | 97.0 x 77.0 cm | State Art Collection, Art Gallery of Western Australia | Image © Gunybi Ganambarr, courtesy of the artist and the Buku-Larrnggay Centre, Yirrkala, Northern Territory

The Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards is a national award founded in 2008 to celebrate the breadth, diversity and excellence of art from all corners of Indigenous Australia. The awards acknowledge the significant and ongoing contribution Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists make to Australian art, culture and society. Since the inaugural Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards in 2008, the Awards have attracted nominations from 734 outstanding individual artists and artist groups.

The Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards is an opportunity for your students to

see the most recent, diverse and exceptional work, across a range of media and styles, by Indigenous artists from across the country.  Each artist is represented by a group of their works, which more fully allows an understanding of their practice and inspiration, and it is this unique aspect that makes the Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards singular nationally.   

WA Indigenous Art Awards 201323 August - 27 January, 2014

Suitable for year groups: K-12 Curriculum links: Media, Visual Arts, Society and EnvironmentFree guided tours available Catalogue available prior to exhibition

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TEACHER ACTIVITIES & INFORMATION

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Activities at AGWA

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The Art Gallery of Western Australia has a team of dedicated Volunteer Gallery Guides that provide interactive tours for students of all ages. These tours give students the opportunity to explore works from the State Art Collection and special exhibitions on show at the Gallery. We can also create a tour to suit the needs of your group.

Your educational experience of the Art Gallery of Western Australia can be further enhanced by including an Art Workshop with an Education Officer (charges and conditions apply). Concepts and ideas introduced in tours are further reinforced in these workshops where students create their own art work to take with them as a memento of their visit.

Your visit can be customised according to curriculum needs, ability and interests of your class. Tours cater for students from pre-primary to year 12 as well as ESL and tertiary level.

The following is an outline of tours and workshops offered for classes. For a full list of tours and downloadable flyers, visit our education website.

Interactive Tours and Art WorkshopsFor a list of tours of our State Art Collection, please go to: artgallery.wa.gov.au/education/schoolsprogram.asp

For K-3AGWA has a range of art workshops suitable for the early childhood years.

For 4-7AGWA’s workshop program for primary students provides a stimulating introduction to the State Art Collection.

For Secondary and TertiaryWorkshop options for secondary and tertiary students are extensive and include five new choices that align with upper secondary WACE courses:

• Contemporary Art• Commentaries• Identities

• Every Drop Counts (For early childhood and primary students)

• The Value of Water (For primary and secondary students

• Water for all Forever (For secondary students)

Art Responses, Art Criticism, Art History

AGWA offers self guided tour sheets and workshops that assist in developing students’ critical and analytical skills:

• Responding to artworks (self guided worksheets for primary and secondary)

• Visual Analysis, Art History and Criticism (workshops for upper secondary and tertiary students)

• Visual Texts and Contexts: The Construction of Meaning (workshops for upper secondary and tertiary students)

• Photography• Urban Art

Water CorporationSee page 9 for information about AGWA’s partnership with the Water Corporation. The following self-guided activity sheets can be downloaded:

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Activities at AGWA

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artgallery.wa.gov.au/education/schoolsprogram.aspAGWA’s partnership with the Water Corporation has made possible the creation of a Water Walk trail, the brochures for which are available at Reception. This self-guided trail focuses on selected art works from the State Art Collection to increase awareness about water in our community. It uses art as a way of exploring themes such as water as a force of nature, water usage and water as a scarce resource, themes that are included in the Overarching Learning Outcomes of WA’s Curriculum Framework.

Look for the Water Corporation water droplet symbol, placed next to each work in the Gallery. Follow the trail of symbols with your students, in conjunction with the Gallery map and Water Trail brochure, available at Reception.

Download the special interactive Water Worksheets for students from AGWA’s website prior to your visit. Through completing these worksheets, students will personally respond to artworks about water in the State Art Collection, encouraging critical viewing and use of appropriate art language.

Shane Pickett | Calling for rain – The Wanyarang suite 2007 | acrylic on canvas | 248 x 370 x 4 cm (total size of eight panels) | State Art Collection, Art Gallery of Western Australia. Purchased through the Leah Jane Cohen Bequest, 2008

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Teachers at AGWA

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Special Teacher Preview Evenings – Combined Picturing New York and Van Gogh to Richter

Wednesday Feb 13 Wednesday Feb 20 4.30-7.00 pm Cost: $25 pp

Join us for a special wine and cheese teacher preview evening where you will enjoy a presentation about Picturing New York by Project Curator Lucy Harper; a slide show and presentation about Van Gogh to Richter by Deputy Director and Chief Curator of AGWA, Gary Dufour; information about our schools’ program for 2013 and a guided tour of Picturing New York. Places are limited, so book early to avoid disappointment.

For Bookings, call Sue Way on 9492 6644

Adult workshops and lecture series 2013In 2013, AGWA will continue its partnership with the Central Institute of Technology, to provide Adult Art Workshops and Lecture

Professional learning opportunites for teachersTeacher Previews for 2013

Series in conjunction with the MoMA series of exhibitions. A number of workshops to be conducted in 2013, will be planned specifically with the needs of teachers in mind.

Visit AGWA’s MoMA series website in 2013 at momaseries.com.au to get the latest information about workshops, lectures and events for teachers.

Professional Learning for GroupsAGWA is offering professional development workshops for groups of teachers. Come along as a group and discover how the Art Gallery of Western Australia can assist your staff to enhance their Visual Arts programs in the classroom. Workshops can be tailored to meet the needs of your group or school. Make it an extra special event by building your workshop around a visit to one of the MoMA series exhibitions.

For enquiries and further information, contact Sue Way on 9492 6644

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Visit AGWA

The Art Gallery of Western Australia is within walking distance of other great excursion venues. You may wish to incorporate visits to other venues in the Cultural Centre while you are here. Please enquire about these options when booking with us.

BookingsBookings for guided tours and workshops are essential and subject to availability. A minimum of two weeks’ notice is required. Group organisers should consider alternative dates and times before calling.

Visiting the Cultural Centre

William Kentridge | Shadow quartet 2003–2004 (detail) | bronze, edition 1/4 | State Art Collection, Art Gallery of Western Australia | Commissioned with funds from the Art Gallery of Western Australia Foundation, 2002

To ensure you stay in touch, sign up for AGWA artmail.....Signing up for our artmail is a great way of keeping updated on what’s happening in the Gallery. When you sign up, you can select what type of information you want sent to you such as teachers’ information, family and school holiday events, music, lectures and much more! Just click on the link: artgallery.wa.gov.au/join_us/AGWA-artmail-signup.asp

Telephone: +61 8 9492 6644

Fax: +61 8 9492 6655

Email: educate@artgallery.wa.gov.au

For Gallery Guidelines and other information to make your visit easier, please go to: artgallery.wa.gov.au/education/yourvisit.asp

Make the most of your visit

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AGWA Information

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LocationPerth Cultural Centre, James St Mall, Perth, Western Australia 6000.

AGWA is located in the heart of the Perth Cultural Centre, opposite the Perth Train Station. It is recommended that school buses drop students at the Beaufort Street entrance to the James Street Mall (adjacent to the WA Museum).

Opening hours:Wednesday to Monday 10 am to 5 pm

Tuesday Closed

Bus ParkingBus parking zones are available on Beaufort Street (the entrance to the James Street Mall), Francis St (behind Museum) and Roe St (outside State Theatre)

TransportWe understand that one of the obstacles when bringing a group into the city can be the cost of transport. Get on board with Transperth for a low-cost excursion. Student SmartRiders allow students to travel 50c each way (see note below).  Transperth personnel can provide you with information on transport costs and help you plan your journey using a bus, train or ferry.

Contact the Transperth Education Team on (08) 9326 3970email: education@transperth.wa.gov.au or visit www.transperth.wa.gov.au

NB: Off-peak travel only. The 50c fare only applies during the week, not on weekends. Two weeks’ notice preferred.

Making your visit easierVisit artgallery.wa.gov.au/education/yourvisit.asp for information about the following:

• Guidelines for sketching and note-taking• Making the most of your visit

Art Gallery of Western Australia informationartgallery.wa.gov.au

• Risks and responsibility• Excursion policy• Certificate of currency• Supervising adults• Parking• Eating lunch• Wheelchairs and mobility

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